Chapter 025: The Bandits Give Way
"Are you sure you can kill it?"
"You can give it a try, but there are a lot of them, and there is not much hope, after all, these two hundred people in Yanyun City are not my Black Flag Army soldiers, if they really fight, it is estimated that it will be difficult for them to fight one or two."
Zhao Kuo looked around, now these bandits have formed a siege on all sides, and they can't send people to Tianping County to move rescue soldiers, so he thought about it and said to Wu Heng: "In this way, you go forward to report our identity and see if you can bluff them."
"Brother, what if I can't scare them?" The Void Monk poked his head out and asked Zhao Kuo at this time.
Zhao Kuo looked at him and said angrily: "If you can't bluff them, then hand you over"
"If it doesn't work, I'll show them the token of the Black Flag Army in a while" Wu Heng walked out of the team after saying this, walked a few steps forward, and said to the fat man: "We are the soldiers of Zhao State, and this trip is to escort His Royal Highness the Four Princes back to Zhao Capital, what do you want to do here?" Is it trying to rebel? ”
Zhao Kuo thought in his heart and guessed that it was time to show your token again, the key is that you show them and ask them to know the goods, don't forget that the large number of people on the opposite side are thieves now, can other thieves know your token?
When the fat man heard Wu Heng say this, he didn't care at all, and replied with a contemptuous smile: "Last month, there was also a caravan stopped by us, telling us that the officers and soldiers of Qingqiu City were going out on an errand, but we found out that they were actually smugglers and profiteers, and finally let us slaughter the entire caravan even with people and horses."
Wu Heng swallowed his saliva, and was silent for a moment before he spoke: "I am really a soldier of Zhao State, and this general is still a soldier of the Black Flag Army under General Lian."
"I have to believe you what you say? Besides, what if you are officers and soldiers? A few days ago, the officers and soldiers of Tianping County came to arrest us, and we killed and wounded more than 100 brothers, and this account has not been settled with you soldiers, if you are really officers and soldiers, then it is just right, and killing you can be regarded as revenge for the brothers."
The fat man wanted to continue, but at this time, the thin man who had been silent on the side stopped him, and then saluted Wu Heng with a fist, and said, "This brother, you just said that you were on an errand under General Lian?" Or a soldier of the Black Flag Army? How can it be proven? ”
"Big brother, these people are trying to scare us in the name of officers and soldiers, you..." The fat man opened his mouth to remind, but before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the thin man, and yelled at him directly: "Shut up, what do you know?" You know how to eat and eat all day long, and see how fat you have become? ”
"Can you recognize the Black Flag Army's cavalry battalion?" At this moment, Wu Heng showed his token again, and then threw the token over, the thin man caught it, took it in his hand and looked at it for a while, seemed to want to be angry, and then scolded Wu Heng: "Your token is not right, this is not the token of the Black Flag Army at all, I have met a general of the Black Flag Army before, and I have seen his token, it is not like this at all." You profiteers, dare to be so bold, dare to pretend to be the Black Flag Army to swagger and deceive, Lao Tzu is going to slaughter you dogs for General Lian today, give them to me, kill them" After speaking, he let the people next to him rush towards them.
"Wait a minute," Wu Heng hurriedly shouted when he saw this, "You said you had seen the token of the Black Flag Army before?" Is it printed with a tiger motif? It has six words on it: Black Flag Army Tiger Roar Order? ”
The thin man's face changed after hearing this, and he hurriedly stopped the people on both sides and asked, "Indeed, so you have seen their tokens before?" ”
"I told you just now, this general is a soldier of the Black Flag Army, belonging to the Black Flag Army Cavalry Battalion, you have only seen the Black Flag Army token once before, but you don't know that there are four types of Black Flag Army tokens, you have seen the Black Flag Army Broadsword Battalion Commander Token, and I am the Cavalry Battalion Commander's token, the different types of troops, of course the tokens are not the same, now you understand, right?"
After hearing this, the thin man looked at the token in his hand again, thinking about whether what Wu Heng said was true or false, at this time, a person in the crowd walked through the crowd, came to the side of the thin man, looked at the token in the thin man's hand and said: "Lord Dazhai, he is right, this is indeed the token of the cavalry battalion of the Black Flag Army."
The thin man was stunned for a moment after hearing this, "How do you know?" ”
"I used to be a soldier of the Black Flag Army, but later on the battlefield, because I was timid and afraid of death, I didn't dare to rush to the enemy, and I was removed from the Black Flag Army.
After hearing this, the thin man dropped the weapon in his hand, hurriedly walked in front of Wu Heng, knelt on the ground with a token in both hands and said: "General, the villain has no eyes, and dares to block the road of the Black Flag Army, it is really a crime that deserves death, and I hope that the general can open the net and not pursue these brothers under me, so I am willing to bear the charge alone,"
Wu Heng didn't make a big deal, and hurriedly picked up the thin man and said: "Hurry up, our main duty on this trip is to escort His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince back to Zhaodu, but we have no intention of being an enemy of you, have you seen the token of the Black Flag Army before?" ”
"Yes General, four years ago, there was a gang of bandits who came to my hometown, and those unconscionable beasts killed people and set fire to all kinds of evil, and I got together with other young people in the village, and dozens of people ran to prepare to fight with the bandits, and as a result, my companions were killed one after another, and just when I was about to be hacked to death by them, a team of Black Flag soldiers came, killed all the bandits, and saved me, when I was wounded in the leg and couldn't walk, a commander of the Black Flag Army rode me back to the village, at that moment, I was full of gratitude and respect for the Black Flag Army, and it was at that time that I saw the token he had hanging around his waist, and it was he who told me that it was the token of the Black Flag Army. ”
After Wu Heng heard what he said, he nodded: "I see, but I still have to advise you, don't do this thing of blocking the road and robbing, disband all the brothers in your cottage, let them go back and live a normal life as soon as possible."
"Does the general think that none of us want to go back to a normal life? But does the general know? But as long as we people have some fields, even if we only eat one meal a day, as long as we don't die of hunger, we will not go up the mountain to the grass to become a thief, we brothers who gather together come from all over the world, even the people of Qi and Yan, who is not occupied by the squire, who is desperate and bullied by the bullies, and can't live to be this bandit? The general may not know that we are poor people in the first place, so even now we have become bandits, but we will never rob the poor people of one thing on weekdays, we will only rob profiteers and bullies and those businessmen who are not merciful to the rich."
Wu Heng was a little silent after hearing this, and didn't know how to speak, and after a while, as if he remembered something, he patted the thin man on the shoulder and said to him: "By the way, come, come and meet His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, and you, come over too" Wu Heng pointed to the fat man and the second village master.
One fat and one thin came to Zhao Kuo, knelt down and said in unison: "The villain Liu Cheng (Zhang Xing) meets His Highness"
"Hurry up, don't be so polite, can you two let us go with this little bald donkey now?" Zhao Kuo pointed to a fat void monk and asked.
"His Highness can pass at any time, and he will never dare to stop it"
"Then thank you, this time we did not do it right, this monk scolded first, as if we owe you a favor, if you need help in the future, you can come to Zhao to find me, you can help and never shirk"
"Your Highness's words are serious, how dare we bother Your Highness, Your Highness is such an identity, it is a great gift to be willing to deign to talk to me."
Zhao Kuo raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and said in his heart: This thin man Liu Cheng is quite good at talking, and asked casually, "Liu Cheng, how many people are there in your Fengyun Village now?" You have dispatched so many people to block the road once, there should be thousands of people in the village, right? ”
This time, the fat man Zhang Xing first opened his mouth and replied proudly: "Your Highness, don't you know, our Fengyun Village is the largest in the counties around it, but the scale is the largest, we have more than 2,000 young people alone, and if you count women and girls, there are almost 5,000 people."
After Zhao Kuo and Wu Heng heard him say the number of people, they were all taken aback, obediently, this force: some are too powerful, right? 5,000 people can build a small town.
"Many of you have gone to the mountains and become bandits, forming such a big force, didn't Tianping County send troops to exterminate you?"
"How many officers and soldiers are there in the entire Tianping County? There are less than a thousand, if you want to exterminate us, you have to transfer troops from other places, at first they came out to fight us a few times, but they were in vain, and then those officials in Tianping County didn't bother to care about us, and slowly our Fengyun Village's power became bigger and bigger, and there were more and more homeless people who came to us. ”
Well, it seems that the bandit industry is very prosperous in this troubled world!
"Okay, let's talk about this today, we're going to set off and continue our journey, Liu Cheng Zhang Xing, you two remember what I just said, I owe you a favor today, if you have difficulties in the future, you can come to Zhao to find me"
"Okay, Your Highness, if I can go to Zhaodu in the future, I will definitely visit you," the fat man Zhang Xing said with a smile.
"Fat man, shut up, what are the identities of you and me? Where is the right place to visit His Highness? Liu Cheng scolded, and then said to Zhao Kuo: "Your Highness, we have been thieves, and the officers and soldiers are like day and night, not to go together, if it weren't for General Wu to tell the identity of his Black Flag Army, we would not dare to come to visit His Highness, today blocked His Highness's way, His Highness has not blamed, we are already very grateful, and how dare I trust it again, let His Highness owe me and other kindness"
Zhao Kuo smiled after hearing this: "Liu Cheng, you should have read the book, right?" ”
"Back to Your Highness, the villain has studied private school for a few years"
"Since you have read the book for a few years, you must be able to distinguish between right and wrong, although you have now become a thief, but never persecuted the poor, this is really good, I hope you can always maintain, do not become a real thief bully who is angry with people and gods, and, in the future, rob rich businessmen, rob property, try not to take people's lives, although businessmen are more treacherous, but after all, people also make money by their heads, as for bullying the prostitute bullies in the township, kill them, One less of these beasts may be liberated by several others."
"The villain must obey the teachings of His Highness"
"Okay, we're on our way, you two, regret it"
Then, the fat man Zhang Xingran towards the many bandits, shouting as he ran: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, go to both sides, and make way for His Highness."
Wu Heng looked at Liu Cheng and hugged his fists and said, "Brother Liu, there is a period of regret"
Liu Cheng clasped his fists and saluted: "General Wu, take care all the way, there will be a period later"